The UK is expected to become a world-leading centre of railway expertise after a £92 million partnership has been established between RSSB, the rail supply industry and eight universities. Funding will be used to create …
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How to improve railway track design (Smart Rail World)
Rail track laying is a technical and expensive task. Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK are using science to improve today’s maintenance and tomorrow’s design especially for high-speed rail routes. When a …
Continue readingLuton Airport peoplemover approved (Metro Report)
Luton Borough Council, the owner of London Luton Airport, has approved the construction of a 2.3 km automated peoplemover linking the terminal building with Luton Airport Parkway station. The cost is put at £200m, with …
Continue readingSeattle traffic crash data visualization tool (Next City)
In 2016, there were 13,622 traffic collisions in Seattle resulting in 3,885 injuries, 166 serious injuries and 23 fatalities. The cost of all that property damage, injury and loss of human life: $222,827,800. Those stats …
Continue readingPooling non-emergency patient transport (Urban Transport Group)
Total Transport: a better approach to commissioning non-emergency patient transport? ‘Total Transport’ schemes pool resources and vehicle fleets from across the public sector which are currently used to provide separate mainstream, social services, education and …
Continue readingRoman concrete outlasts modern mix (Guardian)
Why Roman concrete still stands strong while modern version decays: Scientists have cracked the secret to Roman water-based structures’ strength – and findings could help today’s builders. Their structures are still standing more than 1,500 …
Continue readingSeven UK rail operators to sell advance tickets on travel day (Railway Technology)
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), comprising seven UK-based rail companies, has agreed to allow long distance passengers to buy cheaper advance tickets up to ten minutes before the departure of the train. The initiative will …
Continue readingThe Mess of UK Smartcards (Beauty of Transport)
“ITSO [Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation] was (and is) a membership organisation set up with an apparently simple mission: to create a single, integrated transport smartcard technical standard for the whole of the UK. It wasn’t …
Continue readingIntro to regenerative braking energy recovery (Metro Rail Int’l)
Modern metro trains have regenerative braking which helps reduce their electric energy consumption. The reduction in electric energy consumption depends on the instantaneous ability of the rail section near the braking train to use or …
Continue readingFirst section of Paris Express tram-train opens (Metro Report Int’l)
The first section of the T11 Express tram-train route in Paris opened on June 30. Services on the 10⋅6 km line between Epinay-sur-Seine and Le Bourget serve seven stations. Services are operated with a fleet …
Continue readingFirst US subway platform barriers (Smart Rail World)
Philadelphia could be first US subway to install platform barriers, to reduce suicides. Read full article
Continue readingSFO BART TOD Guidelines (BART)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Guidelines are intended to provide greater clarity around BART’s expectations for TOD, both on its property and within the larger station area. There are many …
Continue readingSweden first to trial microchip ticket (Global Rail News)
Sweden’s national passenger rail operator SJ believes it is the first train operator in the world to trial a microchip implant ticket on its services. Passengers signed up to the company’s loyalty scheme, SJ Prio, …
Continue readingTraffic management systems new research (Rail Technology)
Two crucial pieces of research that outline how technology will transform the next generation of traffic management systems (TMS) have today been released by the RSSB. The projects, which are part of the Future Traffic …
Continue readingCapacitor on board electricity storage (Railway Gazette)
Malaysia orders multiple-units with graphene capacitor energy storage A €180m contract for 22 multiple-units of two types was signed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport, national operator KTMB and CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive on April 11. The …
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